Sacramento grand jury throws the gauntlet at city teachers' union
Sacramento City Unified School District must present to county education officials in less than two weeks a viable budget that addresses an estimated $30.6 million shortfall for 2010-11.
The budget woes set the stage for contentious negotiations between the district and the Sacramento Teachers Association over possible furloughs, salary reductions and layoffs. Whatever happens, the district knows that at least it has one ally in its corner: the county's civil grand jury.
In a report released Wednesday called, "Last Chance to Put Children First," the civil grand jury challenged the teachers' union to set aside "self-interest" and make concessions on salaries and benefits if asked to by Sacramento City Superintendent Jonathan Raymond.
Departure of LA community college chief still a mystery
The budget woes set the stage for contentious negotiations between the district and the Sacramento Teachers Association over possible furloughs, salary reductions and layoffs. Whatever happens, the district knows that at least it has one ally in its corner: the county's civil grand jury.
In a report released Wednesday called, "Last Chance to Put Children First," the civil grand jury challenged the teachers' union to set aside "self-interest" and make concessions on salaries and benefits if asked to by Sacramento City Superintendent Jonathan Raymond.
Departure of LA community college chief still a mystery
Last summer, the Los Angeles Community College District paid former Chancellor Marshall Drummond nearlyhalf a million dollars to step down – even though he still had two years on his contract.
Nine months later, the public still doesn't know the reason for Drummond's departure.
After the community-funded journalism organization Spot.us helped two reporters dig deeper, the district still refused to answer questions and requests for information about the precise reason Drummond left, citing an employee’s right to privacy.
Sit-in marks new tactic for immigration reform protestors
Nine months later, the public still doesn't know the reason for Drummond's departure.
After the community-funded journalism organization Spot.us helped two reporters dig deeper, the district still refused to answer questions and requests for information about the precise reason Drummond left, citing an employee’s right to privacy.
Sit-in marks new tactic for immigration reform protestors
One day Lizbeth Mateo might be viewed as the Rosa Parks of the immigrant rights movement.
The mass marches on behalf of immigrant rights that swept the country in 2006 led many observers – includingmyself – to compare the immigrant rights movement to the civil rights movement in the United States.
But one big difference from the civil right era of the 1960s is that the pro-immigrant marches have been largely devoid of the acts of nonviolent civil disobedience advocated by Martin Luther King Jr. and others.
The reason: If immigrants without authorization to be in the United States draw too much attention to themselves – which getting arrested definitely will – they run the risk of being deported from the United States.
The mass marches on behalf of immigrant rights that swept the country in 2006 led many observers – includingmyself – to compare the immigrant rights movement to the civil rights movement in the United States.
But one big difference from the civil right era of the 1960s is that the pro-immigrant marches have been largely devoid of the acts of nonviolent civil disobedience advocated by Martin Luther King Jr. and others.
The reason: If immigrants without authorization to be in the United States draw too much attention to themselves – which getting arrested definitely will – they run the risk of being deported from the United States.
